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Creator. Writer. Director. Producer. Star. Amy Schumer does it all on her new Hulu series Life & Beth, but then she has been doing it all for quite a while now. Coming on the heels of her hosting gig on that very memorable Oscars show, this project allowed her to spread her wings, even directing herself in four of the…

After two seasons as a CBS All Access/Paramount+ exclusive, the Stephen Colbert-produced Tooning Out The News is moving to Comedy Central. The show, from CBS Studios, is still expected to subsequently run on Paramount+, which is the ultimate destination for most programs on linear Paramount Global…

A funny thing happened at HBO Max today. The WarnerMedia streamer has inked with Comedy Central to run all episodes of the cable net’s comedies Chappelle’s Show, Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, Nathan for You and the original Reno 911! The nonexclusive streaming deal adds to HBO Max’s trove of Comedy Central content…

EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners has signed actor and comedian Jon Glaser. The six-time Emmy nominee created and starred in three TV series: Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Neon Joe Werewolf Hunter, and Delocated. He played Councilman Jamm on Parks and Recreation and Laird on Girls. Glaser’s other television and film credits include: In…

Dan Powell, Emmy-winning co-creator and executive producer of Inside Amy Schumer, has signed a first-look deal with First Look Media to develop a variety of film, TV and digital projects. The first project on the slate is The Nib, a short form animated series based on the political cartoon site of the same name…

Kurt Metzger, a former writer on Amy Schumer’s Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer, has clarified his comments about rape following a social media firestorm and tweets by Schumer condemning the remarks. Schumer’s tweets last night, which suggested to some her series was not moving forward, were followed today…

UPDATE, 8 AM: Amy Schumer’s Comedy Central series is not over, according to the actress/comedian, but the show is on an indefinite hiatus and there is no Season 5 “in the foreseeable future.” Schumer was clarifying her earlier Tweets that suggested the show was ending. Inside Amy Schumer was renewed for a fifth season…

In conjunction with its upfront presentation, Comedy Central over the past three days announced a slew of renewals as well as series and pilot pickups as part of extensive development slates for TV and Snapchat. They included two projects — a pilot and a script — produced by Comedy Central star Amy Schumer. Schumer’s…

Ahead of its Season 4 premiere in April, Comedy Central has renewed Inside Amy Schumer for a fifth go-round. The announcement was made today at the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena. “We are so excited to get picked up," said Schumer. "I’ve gotten picked up many times, but this time feels the best.” A multiplatform…

Amy Schumer, comedy’s latest It girl, just nabbed the first Emmy win for best Variety Sketch Series, for her Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer. The TV Academy this year created best variety sketch series and best variety talk series, after years competing together in the best variety series derby. Talk shows had…

Mirroring the trajectory of Vice President Selina Meyer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has taken home her 4th consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a comedy for Veep. The win, her fifth overall, ties her with Candice Bergen and Mary Tyler Moore for most wins ever in the category. She won for the final season four…

“If there had been a Rotten Tomatoes in 1601, he would have gotten a 73.” So WGAW Vice President Howard A. Rodman compared Shakespeare to television. What he meant is that the Bard in his day was, like television until rather recently, seriously underrated and disrespected. Things change, however, and now, so Rodman…